Rows of gleaming silver cylindrical grain bins stretch across the Kansas prairie sky in this striking linen-era view of the Garden City Co-Op Equity Exchange — billed on the card itself as the largest elevator in the world receiving grain directly from farmers, rising 110 feet to its headhouse at 142 feet, with a staggering 1,320,000-bushel capacity spanning one and a half city blocks. The photographer, Townsend Studio, captured the industrial grandeur against a vivid turquoise sky typical of Curt Teich linen production. On the back, a traveler named Wab (or Walt) and Nelle dash off a breezy note to Otto and family in Normal, Illinois, reporting they're homeward bound via Route 36 after a trip to Estes Park, Colorado, and hoping to see everyone at "Herman's wedding" — a fleeting glimpse of mid-century Midwestern social life.